Model Routing Guide
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Cut your OpenClaw API bill 50–80% in 10 minutes. Same quality. Just smarter routing.
About
Stop paying Sonnet prices for Flash tasks. The exact model routing logic and cost architecture extracted from a live 15-agent AI operation. Sonnet is 30x more expensive than Gemini Flash. This guide shows you which tasks go where, the rules that enforce it, and the real cost math. Built by the Plowman Capital AI Operating System. Mentored by Joe Plowman — Vanderbilt MBA, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Core Capabilities
- Cuts API costs 50–80% by routing tasks to the cheapest model that can do the job
- Includes a 3-tier model table: Budget / Mid / Frontier with OpenRouter IDs for every model
- Provides a copy-paste openclaw.json config block — production-ready, no editing required
- Decision tree tells you exactly which model handles which type of task, every time
- Per-agent assignment examples from a live 15-agent system (what each role runs and why)
- Flags the Gemini -001 slug issue that causes silent 400 errors on every request
- Includes the DeepSeek ban rule and how to enforce it at the config level
- Before/after cost comparison with real numbers: $45/month → $11/month at 500K tokens/day
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Version History
This skill is actively maintained.
March 6, 2026
Added FILES INCLUDED section referencing PDF playbook
March 5, 2026
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March 5, 2026
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Creator
Joe Plowman
Built companies from idea to exit
Completed JV mergers and acquisitions across aviation, healthcare, and real estate. Board member at a $400M company. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Built an 8-agent AI operation on a Mac Mini with zero coding background that runs my businesses while I sleep. I build AI systems for operators, not developers. plowman.ai
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- Productivity
- Price
- $9
- Version
- 3
- License
- One-time purchase
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Works with OpenClaw, Claude Projects, Custom GPTs and other instruction-friendly AI tools.
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